The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

Under the supervision of the Protection Team Leader (Community Based), the Protection Officer-monitoring will coordinate and implement protection monitoring activities in selected host community areas and camps in Gambella region. Specifically, she/he will plan and conduct protection monitoring visits in a high number of host community areas in Gambella region affected by new displacements and timely report on protection trends and risks identified. The position will, furthermore, be tasked to identify and provide direct assistance and support to people with specific needs. Additionally, the position is expected to contribute to other protection activities that DRC is implementing across Itang refugee camps and host communities including new sites in the region where DRC proposed to intervene.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities and tasks

• Implement assigned protection monitoring activities in line with international standards, best practices, and DRC protection monitoring guidelines
• Maintain good relationships with other stakeholders to collect daily information on fresh displacements in the area of coverage.
• Produce protection monitoring reports on a regular basis
• Provide ongoing mentorship and technical support to the protection focal points in the areas of intervention
• Conduct protection needs and vulnerability assessments as relevant
• Ensure the provision of effective protection services and referrals.
• Identify individuals with special needs and the types of assistance needed.
• Collaborate with relevant partners to develop and maintain protection referral mechanisms.
• Contribute to the development of protection monitoring tools and to the analysis of the collected information
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in all of DRC’s interventions.
• Monitor protection trends and needs in DRC’s areas of intervention and recommend activities and responses for DRCs and other agencies.
• Ensure ethical and statistically-sound data collection, analysis, and protection monitoring reports procedures
• Analyze disaggregated protection-related data as a means to inform programming and response activities.
• Contribute to the monthly progress report as well as cluster 5ws
• Regularly monitor the project’s protection activities and provide feedback for ensuring activities are responsive, and contextually and culturally appropriate.
• Assisting in developing and conducting assessments, mid-term and end of project reports, and evaluations.
• Ensure DRC’s accountability commitments are mainstreamed into all protection activities.
• Support in the development of daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Ensure proper documentation of all project activities including means of verification, assessments, and case studies.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• Minimum of 3 years experience in an entry to mid-level position, with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee/IDP protection working for an international NGO, UN agency, or relevant ministry or local authority.
• Technical understanding of core protection concepts, prevention, and response strategies, including experience with operationalizing global best practices and international standards for implementing protection monitoring in humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in conducting protection monitoring or protection assessments
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven record of designing and facilitating training and workshops on protection-related topics.
• Hands-on experience with supporting community-based protection structures.
• Experience working with displaced or conflict-affected populations.
• Strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to work both independently and within a team.
• Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
• Full proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

• University degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or other relevant fields from a recognized institution.

LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)

• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English, Amharic, and local language.